tsubasa

The Making of a New Queen

Anastasia smiled as he explained the name, "That is a suiting name for a steed," When the reached the seamstress, Anastasia slid off of her horse and, as she had the time before, tied him to a near by post to insure that he didn't run off. She grinned at the horse, "I don't trust you that much yet, Gale."

She gave a good scratch on the neck before she turned and walked into the seamstress with Samsul. Seeing the woman she smiled and gave her a small curtsy, "A pleasure to see you again... Samsul and I were just wanted to check if you need more time... or anything in fact," she whispered loudly, "I'm trying to put off my lessons."

She chuckled slightly and glanced at Samsul. She wasn't sure how she felt about her lessons yet. She loved the parts where Gerald made her read or taught her. However, the etiquette and posture and manners was all so boring. Of course, she'd put up with it, not many people got the chance to be schooled at all, she should be grateful. Even if that meant having to endure the boring parts as much as the fun parts.

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Anastasia laughed as he easily rode passed her. When all hopes of her even possibly winning her gone, she threw her hands in the air. She closed the distance to him without use of her hands and managed to slow Gale when they got slow. She rode up to him then stopped her horse entirely, her hands sitting casually on the saddle. She shook her head, "Two, nothing... But Gale and I will manage to win... one day, someday."

She smiled, "I never realized how much I actually missed riding," She looked at him, "Thanks for going along with my insanity."

She urged her horse forward into a walk to make their way to the seamstress, "So... What does Salmnir mean?"

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Anastasia grinned and nodded when he said he would give her a head start, his horse was quite taller and faster than her's after all. When he said his horse's name, she looked at him, "Salmnir... I like that name..." She glanced at the stables, "I should have asked Benjamin what this guy's name is..." She shrugged, "Gale it is."

She looked at him, "Anyways, I'm off."

She snapped her the reins and her horse took off. She leaned forward on his neck as she urged him from a canter to a gallop. She laughed as she did, this was great. She couldn't believe she had stopped riding for fun. It was great. She heard a thundering behind her and looked to Samsul gaining on her. She giggled, "Oh no!"

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Anastasia stood back as the two men saddled their own horses. She held her hands behind her back and kept quiet as they worked, not wanting to distract them. When the two of them finished, Benjamin handed Ana her horse and she have him a small curtsy, "Thank you, Benjamin."

He bowed to her, "Any time, Princess."

Anastasia smiled then looked to Samsul and nodded, "Well, let's get out of here," She guided her horse, that she had yet to learn the name of andpulled herself up onto her smaller beast. She grinned at Samsul and pushed her horse forward, "Race to the city?" She wasn't sure why she wanted to race him. She knew well that he'd win, but she did anyways.

Tsubasa and Black Ninja: Fairy Tail: Next Generation

Zelia looked at Trex, "If you sleep in the back, between the time that I'll most likely wake up and you will, I could have us back home before dawn."

Bodo looked between the two of them slightly confused. Zelia smiled down at the little critter, "I'm an early riser. I like being early for everything... Trex, on the other hand, like to be right on time. I think he does it sometimes just to grind my nerves," She chuckled a little.

Bodo nodded, "I like sleeping. Sleeping is nice. Gyastu always like being right on time."

Zelia gasped, "Oh no, they are multiplying."

When Trex brought up the Caelum wizards, she thought about it. After a moment, she shook her head, "They'd have to be watching us to know that we split up and if they know that we've split up... Then they also know we have no hints or clues to where the next key may be... I think that is their main goal. They've only been toying with us because we've been getting in the way.... I think we'll be fine. For now."

Despite what she said, she couldn't help but feel worry boiling at the bottom of her gut. She didn't want to rush the trip to Trex's home. She wanted to meet his family and talk to them and make sure the horses were settled with them before they left. However, sehe couldn't help but also want to pull the group together, just to be safe. What if they were being watched and Flynn found a clue. Would the act him and Skye with Trex and her having no knowledge of it?

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When they reached the room for Celestial Magic, Flynn whistled. How much he wanted to just sit there for hours and just read. He wasn't much of a reader but when it came to Celestial magic, he could read for hours. He looked at Skye, "I do think I'm going to need your help."

He didn't have a clue where to start till Skye spouted out a code of some sort where the books that were most likely to contain what they were looking for were held. He nodded, "Alright let's go."

Flynn guided her to the section and looked at the books. He started with the reading the spines, pulling out ones that sounded like they'd contain information. From time to time he'd read the back and return it or venture up the ladder in search of books higher up. Once he had a rather large pile accumulated on the table, he looked at Skye, "Well... I'm going to start thumbing through these," he took a seat and sighed, "Too bad I can't use magic... I could get out Pisces and then there would be four of use looking..."

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Anastasia looked at him as he explained what it meant for him to be named the Head of the Lost Elves. She nodded and smiled before curtsying, "I think I would match the depth of your bow then."

She laughed a little, "That does seem like quite the honour though," She snuck into the pasture, not to alarm any of the horses and walked over to the stallion she had rode the other day. She grabbed his halter and guided him to the stables. When she got there a man jumped down from the hay loft and smiled at her, "You must be Princess Anastasia. It's a pleasure highness. Can I saddle up your horse for you?"

She was about to say that she was fine with doing it herself but hesitated. She could see the look on his face and how much he wanted to do it for her. She guessed that she wouldn't go into Eric's kitchen and cook for herself. She nodded, "Please... Umm..."

The stable hand smiled at her, "Benjamin."

She smiled, "Thank you, Benjamin."

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Anastasia smiled and nodded to her mother, waving as she left. She then looked at Samsul as he said she didn't need to ask if he was okay with heading to the city. She shrugged, "Well, I feel like I've just been dragging you around everywhere... I suppose I was just feeling bad because that isn't something I normally do. I just know that other Lords and Ladies don't ask... So, I didn't but that isn't what I should do."

She grinned at him and walked to the pasture where their horses were sure to be. She looked at him, "So you are going to be head of the Lost Elves... What does that mean?"

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Anastasia smiled, that was a word she had Gerald had spoken about the night before, "Gale... Like wind or laughter..." She smiled, "I like it."

She glanced at Samsul and back to her mother, "Samsul and I should probably go get my dress.... To make it back before it starts to get late. Besides, Gerald says I have much to learn," she laughed a little, "Besides... I'm sure you have plenty of work to do..."

She squeezed her mother's hand, "This... was nice... Thank you for taking yourself away to spend sometime with me. I appreciate it. I got a lot of my questions answered."

She nodded again then looked at Samsul, "Are you okay with heading into the city?"

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Anastasia hugged her mother happily until she remembered Samsul was still there and thought how awkward the scene might be for him. She pulled away and wiped her eyes before taking back Elana's hand. She smiled at her mother and started to walk again, "Thank you for telling me all of that... I'm sure it is hard for you to talk about."

She looked over at Samsul and gave him a small smile. Anastasia looked around at all the flowers as they went along. She didn't have too many other question and not many of them were really just that important. She was just trying to get to know her mother. After sometime when they reached the front of the garden after walking a full circle, she looked up at her mother. She shifted between her feet, "What would you have named me? If you had the chance?"

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Anastasia looked at her mother as she spoke and swallowed. She didn't have a connect or relationship with her dad and hardly had one with the woman in front of her. But she felt a stinging at the corner of her eye as she looked at her mother. She practically threw herself at her as she hugged her, burying her face in her chest. She stood there just hugging her mother. Her entire life was spent with questions about what her real family was like. Her father was apparently amazing and her mother... she was great and brave and so strong. After a moment, Anastasia sniffled and looked up the woman and smiled softly, "I don't think in all of my years of imaging you and my father... I made up two people that are as wonderful as you are. And not because you are a Queen... but just because... I don't know if I could have done it.... If I could have handle doing what you did and making those choices... Being alone and knowing exactly where I was..."

She rested her head on the woman's chest again, "I.... love you."

Anastasia didn't know where the words came from. She hadn't even know the woman a week. She could hardly bring herself to actually think of her as any less than the Queen. But the words just tumbled out of her mouth without her even thinking. She smiled softly, did that mean she meant them. She spoke quietly, "I love you...."